-- The Mustangs are making first ever trip to UConn. They owe a 5-5 road record.

-- SMU ranks second in nation in FG percentage defense at 37.1 and allow 61.6 points per game.

-- The Mustangs have out-scored 24 of 27 opponents in the paint by an average of 35.0-21.0. They've reached 21 wins for only seventh time in program history.

-- Hot: UConn defense has forced an average of 16.7 turnovers in last four games. Cold: Kromah just 5-for-19 from the field in last three games.

-- Ollie was a member of the Philadelphia 76ers when UConn won the national championship. He watched the game on TV.

"I didn’t get a chance to go out (to St. Petersburg, Fla.) because I was on a 10-day contract and I couldn’t get the private jet. … I didn’t have the money back then. I still don’t have the money. But I just watched on TV."